Machine for making toe-calks.



No.63l,482. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

' J. H. WILSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

{Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.)

' (No Model.) 7 ShaetsSheet \/\/|TNE;55E5 INVENTU fiM M /1/1m m No. 63|,48'2. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

.1. H. WILSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.

(No Model.) 7 Shear-Sheet 2 WITNESSES INVENTUR ii. a WM 5M Ana No.63l,482.' Patented Aug. 2-2, I899. J.YH. WlLSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

- (Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.)

(No Model.) 7 Sheets$heet 3,

'WITN'EZESES I [NR/ENTER Lw v Patented Aug. 22, I899.

J. H. WILSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

(Appljcafion filed Aug. 26, 1898. {No Model.) 7 Sheets-Sheet 4 WITNESEEE H\I\/ENTE.IR

No. 631,482. Patented Aug. 22,11899.

' J. H. WILSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.)

(No Model.)

7 Shaeis-Sheet 5,

WITNEEEEE INVEN'ID'EIR Mwa W m Patented Aug. 22, I899.

No. 63l,482

.1. H. WILSON. MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE CALKS.

(Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.)

7 Sheets-Sheet 6,

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 22, I899.

J. H. WILSON.

MACHINE FOR MAKING TOE GALKS.

2 8 Mm 6 0 N (Application filed Aug. 26, 1898.)

7 Sheets-Sheet 7,

(No Model.)

III

INVENTEIFQ WITNEESEEI' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JOHN H. WILSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW? ENGLAND TOE OALK COMPANY, OF BATH, MAINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,482, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed August 26, 1898. Serial No. 689,570. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN H.WILSON, of Boston,in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Toe; Oalks,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for cutting off a blank and making a toe-calk therefrom. It is an improvement upon other machines now well knownboth in its comparative simplicity and in the value of its product.

W'hile thegeneral process of making toecalks herein to be described is similar to other processes, it difiers therefrom mainly in that the blank of which the toe-calk is made is cut off before the process of making the toe-calk begins (this change in the process being desirable because the toe-calk has to be treated while at a very high temperature) and also in that the spur of the toecalk is made narrower by each successive blow of the side-forming mechanism. My improvements,however,relate to the mechanical construction of the machine, more especially to the timing of the cutters, whereby they shall cut off the blank before the toe-calk is formed, as above described, to mechanism whereby the toe-calk blank is given a forward-and-back movement upon the stationary anvil, so that the point of the toe-calk may be hammered laterally in such a manner as to prevent the making of the fin, and to the hammers, one of which is mounted on a sliding frame which advances slightly with each stroke of the hammer and is withdrawn when the calk is completed-,and'also to asluice or guide way in which the bar is laid and which moves laterally after .the blank has been cut off and carries the bar with it, remaining in its new position until the toe calk is finished and it is time for a new blank to be cut off.. Therearealso, various details of construction in this machine which render it difierent, mechanically speaking, from any other machine of which Lhave knowledge and which will be referred to below in con;

nection with the drawings.

I My improvements are shown in the drawings in the true form now known tome.

. Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is blank.

Fig. i Fig. 5 is an a plan. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a detail ofa portion of Fig. 5, showing the operative parts after the feed has taken place and blank cut. Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a sectional detail showing the mechanism for driving the carriage forward and also the mechanism for operating the carriage, and Fig. 9 is a vertical section showing the grippers and the opening through which the finished toe-calk is dropped.

A is theframe. B is the main shaft, suitably supported in the frame and carrying the pulley B, by which poweris given to it, an eccentric O, and a drawing mechanism 0 of well-known construction, for drawing down the pointof the toe-calk from the end of the The shaft B also carries the pinion B which engages with the gear E, mounted on a short shaft or stud E and carrying on its inner end a pinion E Thispinion engages with a gear F on shaft F. This shaft F runs across the front of the machine and has at its farther end a spiral gear F which engages with a corresponding spiral gear G, mounted on the cam-shaft G. Upon this camshaft G are mounted a series of cams which give the movements to themain operative parts of the machine, the first of these cams being the wedge-cam (marked H) for giving to the carriage which carries the grippers and blank a movement up to the drawing-roll, the second, J, a cutter-carrier cam, the third, K, being the gripper-cam, by means of which the grippers which hold the blank are controlled, the fourth, L, the cam for operating what may be called the stationary or anvil hammer, and the fifth, M, the slidingframe cam for feeding the striking-hammer progressively, so that each blow maybite a little farther into the side of the point of the toe-calk, the hammer itself being operated by the eccentric O, as described below.

moved laterally, being thrown in one direction by the cam J, which acts upon the wide cam-roll J, mounted upon the cutter-carrier and being held by the spring J against the cam. This cutter-carrier J is carried by a slide J, which slides in a groove in the rear side of the frame A, this groove, with the portion of the frame A upon which the cutter-carrier rests, furnishing a guide for the movement of the cutter-carrier. The cuttercarrier carries not only the carrier J but also a guideway or sluiceway J which receives and guides the end of the bar, (marked N,) which bar is fed forward in practice until it strikes a stop or gate N, (see Figs. 6 and 7,) this stop N being attached to an arm N mounted on the carriage H and being always stationary so far as the blank is concerned. A second cutter J is mounted on the arched frame A. The second cutter is stationary and after the cutting operation has taken place cooperates with the guideway J crossing the end of it, and so preventing the further feeding of the rod N after the blank is cut off and before the blankis finished. The frame A is adjustable for different-sized toecalks, being mounted on slides a and held in place by set-screws a.

Below the cutter-carrier is mounted a carriage H, which moves at right angles to the cutter-carrier on the ways h, mounted on the frame A, being controlled in its movements by the cam H in the following manner: Toa bracket h is pivoted a lever 7L upon the upper end of which is carried a cam-roll. The lower end of this lever is connected byaconmeeting-rod h with an angle-lever 7L pivoted near the base of the machine, the farther end of said lever being controlled by the spring 7L5. The upper end of this lever is connected by the connecting-rod h with a pin 7L passing through a slot h in the frame A and into the under side of the wedgepiece 7L9, these connections being all shown in Fig. 8. It will be noted that the projections on the cam H (see Fig. 8) will drive the wedge to the left in that figure (see also Fig. 5) and hence throw the carriage H forward, and having been given its full forward throw the spring 7L5, acting on the lever system,will put the roll into the space between the smaller projections h and hence will give the wedge a vibration, which will give a corresponding vibration, to the carriage, the purpose of which will be explained later. The carriage is returned by the springs h, which are about the tail-rods h on the front of the carriage and are compressed when the carriage moves forward between the cars It, mounted on frame A, and nuts on the end of the tail-rods. Upon this carriage is mounted a pair of grippers K K one of which, K is generally stationary and the other, K, being mounted in an upright in said carriage to slide at right angles to the movement of the toe-call: and having on its rear end a cam-roll 70. It has an upright 75, to which is attached bya suitable eye a C-spring 7.1 The purpose of these grippers is to grip andhold the toe-calk while it is being acted upon by the shaping-tools, these latter consisting of the drawing-roll above referred to and two hammers-the anvil and progressive hammer-both also above referred to.

The frame A has at its front end an up right H upon the upper end of which is mounted the anvil H which is stationary thereon, the upper surface of this anvil 11 being on a level with the bottom of the guideway J and in line therewith when the guideway is in its right-hand position, so that when the rod is pushed through and against the gate it will rest on top of the anvil. Thereafter the blank is held by the grippers, which are moved forward and back by the carriage to present the blank to the tools.

The stationary hammer is marked Z. It is mounted in a rocker-arm L on a shaft L suitably supported in the frame, and is operated by means of a cam-roll Z, lying on the surface of the cam L and held against it by means of the spring Z The progressive hammer on is mounted in a rocker-arm M on the shaft M pivotally held in a sliding frame M This frame runs upon rods M and carries a nut M, which fits about the threaded shaft M". (See Fig. 4.)

The eccentric 0, carried by the shaft B, is connected, by means of a suitable strap 0 and a pivoted connection G with a ball-andsocket joint C into which the lower end of the rocking lever M fits, so that the eccentric is caused to move by the rotation of the shaft B. The lower end of the hammer-arm M will be vibrated, and thus cause the upper end of the said arm to vibrate and the hammer m to give the necessary blows to the sides of the toeealk; but in order that each blow of the hammer may do its part in narrowing the point of the toe-calk the shaft or fulcrum M is moved slightly nearer to the shaft L of the other hammer, so that without increasing the length of the blow, and consequently changing the angle at which the face of the hammer m will strike the steel, the hammer will have in fact an increasing reach. For this purpose the shaft M is threaded, and the sliding frame M upon which the hammer-arm is mounted, is provided with the nut M the movement of this frame being controlled in the following manner, (see Figs. 3 and 4:) The cam-wheel M carries a slot upon its face, and in that slot works a cam-roll mounted upon the upper end of a slide m, upon which are a series of rack-teeth m, which engage with a portion of a segment-gearm Upon the opposite edge of said gear and at a longer radial distance thereon than the teeth which engage with the rack m are a second set of teeth, which engage with a pinion m on the end of said shaft- M. The cam in the cam-wheel M is constructed to give to the rack-rod m a reciprocating motion, which communicates an oscillating movement to the shaft M by the means described, so that the frame M travels a short distance in one direction, carrying with it the fulcrum of the hammer m, while the hammer m is doing its work, and thus compensating for the thinning of the metal caused by the blows of the hammer, and then a reverse movement after the hammer has finished its work to bring the hammer back into such position that it will be-ready to act upon the new toe-calk blank.

To throw off the toe-calk after it has been finished, the following mechanism is employed: Upon the top of the slide which carries the movable gripper K is mounted a latch-lever K the rear end of which has a roll which slides under a cam K. The other gripper K slides in block K on the carriage H and has upon its upper side a hook-piece K. To the upper side of the latch K is attached a spring connection K the other end of which is attached to the top of the slide, which carries the gripper K this construction being such that the tendency of the spring is to pull the latch down over the hook and hold it there at all times except when its rear end is tripped by the stationary cam K When the gripper K moves up to grip the blank, therefore, the latch engages with the hook K and when the gripper K.is again withdrawn after the toe-calk has been made the latch pulls the gripper K back with the gripper K until the rear end of the latch is depressed by the cam K thus releasing the gripper K This gripper K has a tail-rod K about which is the spring K", which is compressed by the forward movement of the gripper K between the casting K and a nut on the end of the tailpiece, so that as soon as the latch and hook are disengaged the gripper K will spring back into its original position. When this gripper K goes forward, it pushes the finished toe-calk which has been released by the rearward movement of the gripper K (which is slightly in advance of the movement of the gripper K off from the anvil, so that it drops through the opening K.

In the operation of the machine, the parts being in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5,

the rod is run in through the guideway until The grippers then take movements and strike one blow. The blank is then withdrawn slightly and the roll then proceeds to draw down the point over the edge of the anvil. Next the blank is moved forward by means of the slight projection or edges of the tools.

vibration of the wedge-cam,which throws the carriage slightly forward,and the hammers times, when the grippers release the blank.

and it is pulled over and falls down the opening in the table. The cutter-carrier is then drawn back and the machine is ready to receive a new blank.

It will be noted that the various movements above described are in themselves simple and may be accomplished by means which will be familiar to any mechanic. I have shown the tools combined, however, in the simplest manner of which I now have knowledge, but in such a way as to make a machine which will be compact and yet easy to construct, operate, and repair. The carriage above referred to is rendered adjustable in its throw according to the size of toe-calk to be made, and the other parts may likewise be made adjustable. I have found it best to have my tools always bear the same relation to each other and to move the blank up to the tools. This is especially so when the anvil and hammers are considered, for they are located so close together that any slight disarrangement of the hammer-operating mechanism or of the anvil, if it is movable, will result in contact between the two sufficient to dull the For this reason I prefer to locate my anvil permanently on the machine-frame and make my blank reciprocate.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a toe-calk machine, in combination with a stationary cutter having a vertical cutting edge, a carrier movable along the side of said cutter and means whereby said carrier is moved, said carrier having mounted on it a cutter located to cooperate with said stationary cutter, and also having mounted on it the sluiceway located to direct the blankrod between said cutters, all as set forth.

2. In a toe-calk machine, in combination with a stationary cutter, a laterally-movable carrier having thereon a second cutter located to cooperate with said stationarycutter and carrying also a sluiceway to hold the blankrod, whereby the lateral movement of the carrier in one direction willcause the cutting operation and carry the rod beyond the cutting cutter upon said carrier to form a cutting mechanism and adapted to form a stop for the rod after the carrier has moved laterally to perform said cutting operation, all as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In atoe-calk machine a carriage having a gripping mechanism mounted thereon adapted to grip the blank, and a gate whereby the position of the front end of the blank may be determined, in combination with an anvil and means whereby said blank is moved laterally from contact and said carriage is moved and vibrated toward and from said anvil, as set forth.

5. In a toe-call; machine, a carriage and an anvil and means whereby said carriage is moved and vibrated toward and from said anvil, said carriage having gripping mechanism mounted thereon adapted to grip the blank, and carrying a gate whereby the position of the front end of said blank may be determined, in combination with a cutter-carrier mounted above said carriage and adapted to move at right angles thereto, and a cutting mechanism, one element of which is stationary, the other element being mounted upon said cutter-carrier, as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a toe-calk machine, in combination with a stationary anvil, a blank-feeding carriage adapted to slide on the frame of a machine and means whereby it is given a forward-and-back movement and a vibrating movement while in its forward position, said means consisting of a wedge-piece located against the rear of said carriage, and a cam suitably connected thereto, said carriage being provided with gripping meehanism,substantially as described.

7. In a toe-calk machine, a laterally-movable carrier, a cutting mechanism, one element of which is mounted on said carrier, a sluiceway also mounted upon said carrier, a gate stationary in relation thereto and closing the end of said slniceway, a cutting mechanism, one element of which is mounted upon said carrier, the other elementbeing stationary and adapted to close the end of said sluiceway during the operation of the t0e-calk-forming mechanism, in combination with means whereby said toe-calk is formed, all as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a toe-calk machine, a laterally-movable carrier, having a sluiceway mounted thereon, a cutting mechanism, one element of which is mounted thereon, a carriage movable at right angles to said carrier, a gate and a gripping mechanism mounted thereon, and a toe-calk-forming mechanism located in front of said carriage and adapted to act upon the blank held by said carriage when said carriage is in its forward position, all as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a toe-calk machine, in combination with a cutting mechanism and mechanism whereby the toe-calk is formed, a carriage having a pair of grippers mounted thereon, one of said grippers having a movement toward the other wherebyit will grip the blank, and a reverse movement to release the blank, the second gripper being adapted to act as a follower after said toe-calk-forming mechanism has acted on the blank and the first gripper has released the blank, to push the finished toe-calk toward the first gripper and off the anvil, and means whereby said grippers are operated and said blank is finished, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a toe-calk machine, means for shaping the sides of the spur of said toe-calk, consisting of two oscillating hammers, and means whereby they are oscillated, the axis of oscillation of one of said hammers being adapted to be moved toward and from the axis of oscillation of the other hammer, and means whereby it is so moved, as set forth.

11. In a toe-calk machine, two oscillating hammers and means whereby they are oscillated, the axis of oscillation of one hammer being mounted on a sliding frame, in combination with means whereby a sliding movement is given to said frame, all as set forth.

12. In a toe-ealk machine, a pair of oscillating hammers and means whereby they are oscillated, said means consisting of a sliding frame carrying the axis of oscillation of one of said hammers, and provided witha threaded portion moving on a second shaft, and means whereby said shaft is oscillated, as set forth.

.I. II. \VILSON.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE O. G. COALE, L110. G. WALsn. 

